US History A TimeLine

By chasetalbot
  • Oct 12, 1492

    1. The Discovery of America by Columbus:

  • 2. The Settlement of Jamestown:

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    3. The French and Indian War:

  • 4. The Boston Tea Party

  • 5. The Battle of Lexington and Concord:

  • 6. The Declaration of Independence:

  • 7. The Battle of Yorktown

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    The Constitutional Convention:

  • 10. The invention of the cotton gin:

  • 9. The Alien and Sedition Acts:

  • The Louisiana Purchase

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

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    The War of 1812:

  • 13. The Missouri Compromise

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    Andrew Jackson’s Election:

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The invention of the telegraph:

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    The Panic of 1837

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    The Mexican-American War:

  • The Compromise of 1850:

  • 20. The Firing on Fort Sumter

  • 21. The Emancipation Proclamation

  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

  • 22. Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse:

  • Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment

  • The Organization of Standard Oil Trust

  • Homestead Strikes:

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    27. The Pullman Strikes:

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    The Spanish-American War:

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president: